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From the employer's careers site First seen 2 Nov 2026

Mission Operations & Cyber Resilience Lead

Leidos Reston, VA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$107,900 - $195,050 per year

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Description

As the Mission Operations & Cyber Resilience Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring the continuous operation and security of a critical federal health data exchange platform. This involves leading 24x7 platform operations, managing vulnerability remediation, and maintaining continuous authorization for the Data Exchange Platform.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Leading 24x7 operations, monitoring, and Tier 2/3 incident response for production data exchange services hosted in AWS GovCloud
  • Managing vulnerability and patch remediation, and maintaining the necessary artifacts for RMF and continuous authorization to operate
  • Implementing Zero Trust and secure-cloud practices, and integrating security checks into CI/CD pipelines with the development team
  • Running change control, maintaining runbooks and operational procedures, and coordinating with the Government and its cybersecurity service provider
  • Delivering through iterative backlogs, reporting operational metrics to Government leadership, and acting on operational feedback

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • A Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience
  • 10 years of experience in IT operations, cloud operations, or cybersecurity within a federal or DoD environment, including 3 years of experience leading a technical team or operations function
  • Hands-on experience operating and securing a mission-critical production system with 24x7 availability requirements
  • Experience with AWS GovCloud, RMF, and DoD/DHA information assurance policies
  • Working knowledge of SAFe and Azure DevOps, and experience with Agile delivery
  • Ability to meet the applicable Government work-role requirements, including DoD 8140 qualification and Government-designated training for HIPAA compliance and information assurance

The salary range for this position is $107,900.00 - $195,050.00.

Skills

Required

  • AWS GovCloud
  • RMF
  • DoD/DHA information assurance policies
  • Azure DevOps
  • Agile delivery
  • Zero Trust
  • secure-cloud practices

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